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Self, Margaret Cabell. The Horseman's Companion New York, A.S. Barnes, 1949, First Edition ed, Hard Cover, illus: Dennis Wesley, Condition: Very Good/Very Good, Drawn from the authors experiences, liberally interlaced with anecdotes and stories, a friendly guide imparting sound philosophy and horse talk. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. Written for children and parents whose children have become horsemen. The novice or expert will share enjoyment in reading about the buying, care, etiquette, trail riding, ring riding, jumping, shows, and the hunt field. Blue cloth boardsa and spine, gilt lettering, and horse decorations. DJ not price clipped, blue illustrated. Mild stains to inside flap, spine ends bumped and rubbed, closed tear to upper edge front and rear. Rear jacket edges stained. All else clean, no markings, solidly bound. sm 8 vo, 212pp. Presumed first. (Margaret, Cabell, Self, Horsemanship, Horsemanship, For, Children, Horse, Stories, Horseman, S, Companion) Cat No. 2303. 13.00
Hanley, Jack. Let's Make Mary, Being a Gentleman's Guid to Scientific Seduction in Eight Easy Lessons New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1937, First Edition ed, Hard Cover, illus: Charles L. McCann, Condition: Very Good, A ridiculous tongue and cheek guide to seduction, thirties style. A man's charicature of how to get a woman in narrative. Illustrated by Charles L. McCann, dedicated to Ogden Nash. Brown cloth illustrated boards and spine. Smallish stain to front board, pages slightly toned. Soil to f.e.p., all else clean, tightly bound. First Edition. sm 8vo, 160. (Thrities, Humor, Let, S, Make, Mary, Being, A, Gentleman, S, Guide, To, Seduction, Charles, L, McCann, Illustrator) Cat No. 2304. 12.50
Jones, Charles and Eugene with Dale Kramer. Double Trouble The Autobiography of the Jones Twins Boston, Little Brown and Company, 1952, First Edition ed, Hard Cover, Condition: Very Good/Very Good, The Jones twins made their name in the field of combat photography and journalism. At 17 they were the youngest news camermen to cover the White House and Capitol Hill. At 18 they earned "front line" citations for combat coverage of bloody Iwo Jima. As roving cameramen and correspondents for N.B.C. they criss crossed the globe from Alaska to Africa, putting their camera and microphones before the leaders of the world from King Paul of Greece to Pope Pius. They also secured a world exclusive interview from Robert Vogeler hours after his release from Communist Imprisonment. An enigma in their field of photography and journalisim, they wond the U.S. Camera Gold Medallion Achievement Award, and the National Headliner's Trophy for journalisim, plus others. Two creative and exciting lives, a good read. Grey cloth boards and spine, red title panel, silver lettering. DJ not price clipped, illustrations of twins, red and yellow spine, photo to rear of twins on Iwo Jima. Corners chipped, few closed edge tears, light crease to upper edge. Photo illustrated. All else clean, tightly bound. First Edition. Sm 8vo, 317 pp (Charles, And Eugene, Jones, Photographers, Jones, Twins, Photographer, Photo, Journalists, Korean, War, News, Correspondents, First, Edition, Biography, Combat, Camermen, Foreign, Correspondents, American, Journalists, Iwo, Jima) Cat No. 2305. 15.00
Jones, Charles and Eugene with Dale Kramer. Double Trouble The Autobiography of the Jones Twins Boston, Little Brown and Company, 1952, First Edition ed, Hard Cover, Condition: Very Good/Very Good, The Jones twins made their name in the field of combat photography and journalism. At 17 they were the youngest news camermen to cover the White House and Capitol Hill. At 18 they earned "front line" citations for combat coverage of bloody Iwo Jima. As roving cameramen and correspondents for N.B.C. they criss crossed the globe from Alaska to Africa, putting their camera and microphones before the leaders of the world from King Paul of Greece to Pope Pius. They also secured a world exclusive interview from Robert Vogeler hours after his release from Communist Imprisonment. An enigma in their field of photography and journalisim, they wond the U.S. Camera Gold Medallion Achievement Award, and the National Headliner's Trophy for journalisim, plus others. Two creative and exciting lives, a good read. Grey cloth boards and spine, red title panel, silver lettering. DJ not price clipped, illustrations of twins, red and yellow spine, photo to rear of twins on Iwo Jima. Corners chipped, few closed edge tears, light crease to upper edge. Photo illustrated. All else clean, tightly bound. First Edition. Sm 8vo, 317 pp (Charles, And Eugene, Jones, Photographers, Jones, Twins, Photographer, Photo, Journalists, Korean, War, News, Correspondents, First, Edition, Biography, Combat, Camermen, Foreign, Correspondents, American, Journalists, Iwo, Jima) Cat No. 2305. 15.00
Jones, Charles and Eugene with Dale Kramer. Double Trouble The Autobiography of the Jones Twins Boston, Little Brown and Company, 1952, First Edition ed, Hard Cover, Condition: Very Good/Very Good, The Jones twins made their name in the field of combat photography and journalism. At 17 they were the youngest news camermen to cover the White House and Capitol Hill. At 18 they earned "front line" citations for combat coverage of bloody Iwo Jima. As roving cameramen and correspondents for N.B.C. they criss crossed the globe from Alaska to Africa, putting their camera and microphones before the leaders of the world from King Paul of Greece to Pope Pius. They also secured a world exclusive interview from Robert Vogeler hours after his release from Communist Imprisonment. An enigma in their field of photography and journalisim, they wond the U.S. Camera Gold Medallion Achievement Award, and the National Headliner's Trophy for journalisim, plus others. Two creative and exciting lives, a good read. Grey cloth boards and spine, red title panel, silver lettering. DJ not price clipped, illustrations of twins, red and yellow spine, photo to rear of twins on Iwo Jima. Corners chipped, few closed edge tears, light crease to upper edge. Photo illustrated. All else clean, tightly bound. First Edition. Sm 8vo, 317 pp (Charles, And Eugene, Jones, Photographers, Jones, Twins, Photographer, Photo, Journalists, Korean, War, News, Correspondents, First, Edition, Biography, Combat, Camermen, Foreign, Correspondents, American, Journalists, Iwo, Jima) Cat No. 2305. 15.00

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